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    Exports of leather shoes from Bangladesh went up by 5.6...

    2018-10-20T00:00:00Z

    Exports of leather shoes from Bangladesh went up by 5.6 percent to $175.5 million during the July-September quarter, according to the country's Export Promotion Bureau. The category was the only bright spot in Bangladesh leather sector, whose total exports declined by 17.5 percent to $267.9 million. This will make it ...

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    Schuhe24, the German-based online marketplace for independent shoe retailers, expects...

    2018-10-20T00:00:00Z

    Schuhe24, the German-based online marketplace for independent shoe retailers, expects to record sales of more than €55-60 million by the end of this year, up by 113 percent as compared to the previous year, instead of a previously projected level of €40-50 million. More than 900 independent retailers are members ...

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    Stella International Holdings has reported a 4.2 percent sales increase...

    2018-10-20T00:00:00Z

    Stella International Holdings has reported a 4.2 percent sales increase to $471.3 million for the third quarter ended on Sept. 30. Total shipments went up by 5.9 percent in volume, driven by fashion athletic styles and casual footwear. Revenues from manufacturing rose by 2.6 percent to $455.2 million. The branding ...

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    Vietnam's shoe exports increased by10.5 percent to almost $11.8 billion...

    2018-10-20T00:00:00Z

    Vietnam's shoe exports increased by10.5 percent to almost $11.8 billion in the first nine months of this year

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    Stuart Weitzman is still in the doldrums. Due to ongoing...

    2018-08-16T00:00:00Z

    Stuart Weitzman is still in the doldrums. Due to ongoing problems with product development and deliveries, the brand posted a sales decline of 17 percent, down to $73 million, in the fourth quarter of its parent company's financial year, ended June 30. The brand generated an operating loss of $21 ...

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    Rieker continues to lead the German market for comfort and...

    2018-08-16T00:00:00Z

    Rieker continues to lead the German market for comfort and wellness shoes. According to a study conducted by the European Clearing Center in behalf of Schuhkurier, Rieker had a 15.4 percent share in this market segment in terms of value for the sell-out of the spring/summer 2018 season, up from ...

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    A similar ranking commissioned by Schuhkurier for children's shoes confirms...

    2018-08-16T00:00:00Z

    A similar ranking commissioned by Schuhkurier for children's shoes confirms Superfit at the top with a market share of 33.8 percent of the German market for the spring/summer 2018 season in the “little children” category, up from 32.4 percent a year earlier. The Austrian brand was followed in this category ...

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    Görtz, the big German shoe retailer that recently changed ownership...

    2018-08-16T00:00:00Z

    Görtz, the big German shoe retailer that recently changed ownership and management, has disclosed a target of €300 million for its turnover by 2021, up from the present level of around €265 million, in an interview with German magazine Capital. Much of the progress is expected to come from the ...

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    Asics Europe made headway with the Onitsuka Tiger brand, which...

    2018-08-16T00:00:00Z

    Asics Europe made headway with the Onitsuka Tiger brand, which raised its sales by 41 percent for the six months. Asics organized a partnership with Foot Patrol and an event at the Paris Fashion Week to celebrate the popular Gel Saga shoe, along with projects with Kiko Kostadinov, the fashion ...

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    Non-performance sneakers, also known as “athleisure” footwear, is now driving...

    2018-08-16T00:00:00Z

    Non-performance sneakers, also known as “athleisure” footwear, is now driving growth in the sports leisure category in the U.S., according to NPD's Footwear Insights report for the second quarter of the year. Leisure sneakers - which include sport lifestyle and boots — saw sales increase by 7 percent to $2.9 ...

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    Kurt Geiger is targeting total sales of more than £370...

    2018-08-16T00:00:00Z

    Kurt Geiger is targeting total sales of more than £370 million (€414.4m-$469.9m) this year, according to Footwear News. For the U.K.-based luxury shoe company, which was taken over by Cinven at the beginning of 2016 for £245 million (€274.4m-$311.2m), that would compare with a turnover of £330 million for the ...

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    Jimmy Choo posted sales of $172.7 million in the three...

    2018-08-16T00:00:00Z

    Jimmy Choo posted sales of $172.7 million in the three months ended June 30, beating the financial analysts' average consensus that they would reach $143.6 million and resulting in an operating profit of $16.1 million. Michael Kors Holdings, which bought the brand last year, gave no comparative figures for the ...

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    Sneakers are increasingly popular in the U.S. as compared to...

    2018-07-20T00:00:00Z

    Sneakers are increasingly popular in the U.S. as compared to high heels. The online resale platform ThredUp analyzed data from December 2017 to May 2018, and found that there was a 38 percent increase in the number of high heel shoes being sent in by customers who no longer wanted ...

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    The share of branded shoes with a sports sole in...

    2018-07-20T00:00:00Z

    The share of branded shoes with a sports sole in the Russian footwear market reached 70 per cent in 2017, as compared to only 45 per cent several years ago, according to the Fashion Consulting Group. This trend is clear evidence that the women shoes with heels are rapidly losing ...

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    Converse is apparently not performing as well as before. Its...

    2018-07-20T00:00:00Z

    Converse is apparently not performing as well as before. Its turnover fell by 8 percent to $1,886 million during Nike's financial year, which ended on May 31. At constant exchange rates, it declined by 11 percent, with a drop of 14 percent in the fourth quarter. The brand's operating profit ...

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    E-commerce was a big sales driver for CCC Shoes &...

    2018-07-20T00:00:00Z

    E-commerce was a big sales driver for CCC Shoes Bags during the first half of this year. According to preliminary figures, the Polish-based retailer's consolidated sales across Central Europe were up by 9.6 percent to 2,024.2 million zlotys (€469.5m-$545.5m) during the six-month period. Revenues from e-commerce showed a ...

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    German shoe retailers suffered a serious 6.5 percent drop in...

    2018-07-20T00:00:00Z

    German shoe retailers suffered a serious 6.5 percent drop in their sales during the first half of 2018, according to the European Clearing Center. The reasons were mainly a nearly non-existent spring season, an early Easter holiday and the distraction caused by the Fifa World Cup. The only exception was ...

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    Online sales grew by 41 percent last year across all...

    2018-07-20T00:00:00Z

    Online sales grew by 41 percent last year across all the retail chains controlled by the Inditex group last year, representing 12 percent of its total turnover of €25.34 billion, compared with a 7.4 percent increase for brick-and-mortar sales. All the banners, including Zara, benefited from a strong integration between ...

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    Gabor Shoes reports stable sales of €208 million for the...

    2018-07-20T00:00:00Z

    Gabor Shoes reports stable sales of €208 million for the first half of this year. While the Gabor brand's revenues went up by 3 percent to €184 million, the licensed Camel Active line grew slightly to €18.5 million and the licensing business declined to €5.5 million. The group sold a ...

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    Apiccaps has just come out with the 2017 edition of...

    2018-07-20T00:00:00Z

    Apiccaps has just come out with the 2017 edition of its World Footwear Yearbook, which can be ordered for €250 on www.worldfootwear.com